IWG-Env International Work Session on Water Statistics Vienna, June 20-22, 2005 Water Statistics in the Mekong River Basin.

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IWG-Env International Work Session on Water Statistics Vienna, June 20-22, 2005 Water Statistics in the Mekong River Basin

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Ulf Hedlund, MRC SecretariatIWG-Env International Work Session on Water Statistics, Vienna, June 20-22, 2005 2 Presentation outline About the Mekong River and the MRC Water statistics at MRC Sustainability issues Conclusions

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Ulf Hedlund, MRC SecretariatIWG-Env International Work Session on Water Statistics, Vienna, June 20-22, 2005 3 The Mekong River Basin Six Riparian Nations in South East Asia

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Ulf Hedlund, MRC SecretariatIWG-Env International Work Session on Water Statistics, Vienna, June 20-22, 2005 5 The Lower Mekong Basin Four riparian countries Four riparian countries Population Population of 60 million, with rapid increase to 100 million in 2025 poorest countries Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam are among the poorest countries in Asia and the World Water is an essential resource for livelihoods: fisheries, agriculture,energy … ecosystems One of the most productive and diverse ecosystems in the world

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Ulf Hedlund, MRC SecretariatIWG-Env International Work Session on Water Statistics, Vienna, June 20-22, 2005 6 The 1995 Agreement Cooperation in all fields of sustainable development, utilisation, management and conservation of the water and related resources of the Lower Mekong Basin

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Ulf Hedlund, MRC SecretariatIWG-Env International Work Session on Water Statistics, Vienna, June 20-22, 2005 7 JOINT COMMITTEE (Members at level of Head of Department or higher) NATIONAL MEKONG COMMITTEES (NMC) (Member Agencies) DONOR CONSUL- TATIVE GROUP (Donor countries and cooperating institutions) COUNCIL (Members at Ministerial and Cabinet Level) Government of Cambodia Government of Lao PDR Government of Thailand Government of Vietnam Mekong River Commission Secretariat Operational arm providing Technical and Administrative Support MRC Organizational Structure

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Ulf Hedlund, MRC SecretariatIWG-Env International Work Session on Water Statistics, Vienna, June 20-22, 2005 8 Irrigated Agriculture Fisheries Hydropower Navigation Watershed Management Flood Management Water Supply and Sanitation Tourism To make optimal use of water in the various sectors

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Ulf Hedlund, MRC SecretariatIWG-Env International Work Session on Water Statistics, Vienna, June 20-22, 2005 10 MRC is data hungry! Administration Climate Culture Fisheries Forestry Inundation (flooding) Irrigation Population & Human settlements Socio-economics Soils Topography Transportation Water Hydro-meteo Hydro-meteo time series time series Water Quality Water Quality Water use Water use Some examples of current data holdings…

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Ulf Hedlund, MRC SecretariatIWG-Env International Work Session on Water Statistics, Vienna, June 20-22, 2005 11 Historical HM time series data Data typeNo. of stations Water level & discharge242 Rainfall503 Meteorology44 Sediment60 > 16,000 station yrs More WL than Discharge Quality control ongoing Used for many purposes Published yearly

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Ulf Hedlund, MRC SecretariatIWG-Env International Work Session on Water Statistics, Vienna, June 20-22, 2005 13 Use of operational HM data Flood forecasting Flash flood forecasting Navigation More about this on Wednesday!

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Ulf Hedlund, MRC SecretariatIWG-Env International Work Session on Water Statistics, Vienna, June 20-22, 2005 15 Water Use Data ~ 80% of water abstracted is used in agriculture Measurement of direct water use quite limited in LMB Estimations calculated (estimated) on secondary data Secondary data not always available, complete or accurate Current water use estimations could usefully be improved

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Ulf Hedlund, MRC SecretariatIWG-Env International Work Session on Water Statistics, Vienna, June 20-22, 2005 22 ConclusionsConclusions MRC holds substantial amounts of data Improvements needed to provide data required in the future MRC data collection depends on regional and national capacity and resources Lack of resources a limiting factor Sustainability in management of data collection networks a tough challenge Implementation of Decision Support and Information Management Programme will be a good step forward

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